by Jordan Love | Jan 2, 2018 | Indie, News, News Section, Videogames
Last year was a great year for indie games and at least part of that success is thanks to crowdfunding. 2017 saw a sharp increase in Kickstarter game funding after a dismal 2016 campaign. Since it's creation in 2009, Kickstarter has been a goldmine for indie...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 2, 2018 | Livestreaming, News, News Section, Videogames
Twitch is continuing to broaden their scope by creating a new reality show, Stream On, just for content creators. Following this year’s Twitchcon and the slew of tools put in to help streamers grow and measure their audiences, Twitch has been taking steps to try and...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 2, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
An argument over a Call of Duty: WWII match has ended in the death of one player and the arrest of another. Tyler Barriss, 25, of Los Angeles was arrested Saturday morning in the suspected swatting and resulting death of Andrew Finch, 28, of Wichita, Kansas. ...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 2, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
All online players have dealt with trolls and toxic players – it’s a part of the culture. Just as big a part of the culture is the constant argument that companies can and should do more than what they are doing. While simple suspensions and bans go pretty far –...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 1, 2018 | Livestreaming, News, News Section, Videogames
Some fans may have thought they were given a late Christmas present when news broke on the Riot forums that the popular streamer Tyler1 was going to be officially unbanned. The forum post – which has since been removed – was only a single sentence stating, “After...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Jan 1, 2018 | News, News Section, Videogames
Before every game was connected to the internet and touting multiplayer, there were no game updates. Games were bought as packaged, and any flaws of the game were simply parts of the experience. Now, every major game goes through numerous updates and patches, some...
by Jordan Love | Dec 27, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
The free games for January are great if you're a PS Plus subscriber, but they're pretty mediocre for Xbox fans. Sony's one-two punch of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Batman: The Telltale Series are sure to please a wide range of PlayStation owners, but Microsoft has...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 25, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
The Overwatch community has its fair share of problems, but nothing that other communities haven’t also dealt with. Still, when the popular streamer aimbotcalvin revealed that he owned four of the top 20 spots in competitive Overwatch, fans were a little more than...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 25, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
A few years back, it felt like every game was under a DLC epidemic. Fans raged across the internet about unfinished games, and publishers called it the future of gaming. Codemasters CEO was even quoted as saying, “My answer is for us as publishers to actually sell...
by Nicholas Armstrong | Dec 25, 2017 | News, News Section, Videogames
Bungie may have officially lost their minds. When they aren’t stealing content from the launch to put into DLC, they are secretly punishing players by cutting their XP the more they play. If none of that were enough, Bungie also unveiled their recent holiday event,...
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